Andrews Sisters (music group)

Toby's singers, dancers warm up to 'Hot Nostalgia II'

2013-01-11 14:44:00

Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia often delivers the unexpected — even in a show called "Hot Nostalgia II," billed as "an original musical review." It's all that and more, featuring a kaleidoscope of musical moments from the 1920s through the...

Series of free outdoor concerts in Catonsville area begins with Westview Park finale Aug. 16

2012-08-14 09:31:13

The summer season is beginning to wind down, as are the series of free weekly outdoor concerts in the Catonsville area. Aug. 16: This year's Westview Park Summer Concert Series on Thursday evenings concludes with Mirror Image performing a tribute to...

Colonial Players, Infinity Theatre offer a double delight

2012-06-21 14:28:54

Two terrific shows premiered last weekend in Annapolis, set in nearly the same period and dealing with history-making creative artists. At Colonial Players, "Moonlight and Magnolias" is set in 1939 and tells the behind-the-scenes story of making the film...

Harry Judd Rose and Diane Beverly Rose

2012-03-07 14:50:00

Harry Judd Rose, a retired bus driver with the Maryland Transit Administration and a World War II veteran, died Sunday at Gilchrist Hospice Care from complications of a fall. He was 94, and died four days after his daughter, Diane Beverly Rose, 62, who...

'Xanadu': Toby's signs up for summer camp

2011-06-29 13:40:00

It's hard to believe that the 1980 movie "Xanadu" could have the potential to make anything other than a worst-movies list, but this cinematic flop magically served as the inspiration for a successful Broadway musical in 2007. Provided you're in the...

Charm City gets Second City treatment

2011-01-06 13:08:00

Let's face it. Baltimore is ripe for satirizing. We've probably got more offbeat people, more distinctive edifices, more colorful history and habits per block than any metropolitan area in the country. Oh yeah, and some crime. The folks at Second City...

Winter Park Playhouse announces 2013-14 season

2013-02-27 11:01:00

The Winter Park Playhouse will pay tribute to George and Ira Gershwin, the Andrews Sisters and the music of Neil Sedaka during its 2013-14 season. The theater's slate of musical comedies will also feature the well-known off-Broadway shows "Forever Plaid,"...

Patty Andrews, Andrews Sisters' last surviving member

2013-02-02 09:42:10

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Patty Andrews dies at 94; Andrews Sisters' last surviving member

2013-01-30 14:34:00

They were the swinging, sassy voice of the homefront for U.S. service personnel overseas during World War II, singing catchy hit tunes such as "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Rum and Coca Cola" that delighted Americans and catapulted the Andrews Sisters to...

Patty Andrews dies: Andrews Sisters lead singer was 94

2013-01-30 21:32:05

The National WWII Museum showcases tales of terror and bravery

2012-11-20 10:33:00

NEW ORLEANS - Marine Lt. Leonard Isaaks Jr. was killed on Feb. 20, 1945, during the battle for the Japanese island Iwo Jima. All you really need to know about his death is contained in the painstakingly printed letter found on his body: Dear Daddy,...

Comedian Clarence Loos dies at 85

2012-07-05 21:45:10

Clarence Loos, a baggy-pants vaudeville comedian who appeared onstage alongside the Three Stooges, the Andrews Sisters, Mickey Rooney and Sammy Davis Jr., died May 25 in Las Vegas. He was 85. Loos was a clown in an old-fashioned sense of the word, using...

The Andrews Sisters are the subject of a musical revue in the 2013-14 season at Winter Park Playhouse. Pictured, left to right: Maxene, Patty and LaVerne

2013-02-27 15:48:00

The last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters, died at 94. The lead singer of the group that entertained U.S. service personnel overseas during World War II dies at her home in Northridge. She announced the war's end in 1945 to troops at a concert in Italy.

2013-01-30 00:00:00